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5月
17

The politicians of the Eighties, by their lack of respect for long standing institutions, gave free licence to the comics of the day to show an equal lack of respect back. Satire has always been around, but in the Eighties its lock-tugging, deferential nature, was cast off for good.

5月
17

Australians often use humour as a bulwark against a hard reality. It’s our coping mechanism.